Agricultural apparatus



Oct. 20, 1931. A, LAAS 1,828,670

AGRICULTURAL APPARATUS Filed Aug. 15 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l 27o VIS d .55H6

Oct. 20, 1931. L. A. I AAs 1,828,570

AGRICULTURAL APPARATUS Filed Aug..V 15. 195o -2 sheets-shea:L 2

:1'0 of its Aprimary objects to'provide rment which can be readily applied to standi (ping is desired.

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Patented. cyt.` i250,if 19211v i l I LoUIs AUGUST 'rimasta-sistencia" n J yGOLTRAJDS; oF.GALDWELL iCOUNTY,:muxas: f ,A

such Y Aasare used r'in "cultivating growing plants,-the invention rii'afits "more-'limitedy l"'5 adaptation-relating lto'an"attaohnient forv oultivat'ors which isf particularly'designed for Achopping or thinning outa roWof plants such as cotton. y v e Briefly stated,-"-the yinvention has for one an 4attachard types of cultiva'ftors,-Which attachment 1s adapted to thinoutrows of'pla'nts atffthe same time the 'plants are beingcultivated,

15in {thisWay saving considerahlelahor and Y saving the ljlarmer the cost( of j chine for.v chopping 'ut' orlcut plus plants ina row.

Another. object oftheinyentio *20 yidea cultivator vWh ich,``has interchangeable Y' parts adapting thea'pparatus oi chopping a jspecial 'ma-` ting out surout surplus plantsfrom' 'alrow'ra'nd lprotecting y the plants during. cultivation when no chop- 25 yAnother loject of the invention is to 'pr- Vid'e acultivator attachment Whichnotonly chops out to a practical vstand arowof cotton or other plants, but also chops out weeds' and fthe like, thus, preventing thefsame-fromgety T30 ing substantial headWayandmaterially"rewhen ducing the oost'oiY .rodu'ctiomespeeially Vlaloor is scarce `andovvages highlf' i Still another object y provide agdevice of' this-characterwhich incorporates novely means* for attachment yto a cultivator and in addition 'includesQadjusta-ble. parts so that attachment can Vbe :made to fdi-y ferenttypes of cultivator'si-#there"being Vfurw ther provided a draftmeans forthe'att sigill-V ment which iszadaptedA to be connected to fthe i. cultivator at or near the drafthar thereof.

The invention also residesgin certain noyel -features of construction,fcomhinatron and aryator illustratin FigureZ isa plan 'View'of which foarrles the Chopper Wheel;4 i

{frame bars of the cultivatorf;v :"2

nfistoproloeen' used to designate the same parts yin all jvi'eWs`,-" numeral 'ldenotes generallya cultifv'ator 'of familiar orfmhaving the usual rear-lk 'disposed shovels 45,

riniportions@v carries fouter ends so as to prov p for the Wheel :beyond the telly' 9, lout also tot j f-provide as'paoe jhetweenthe chopping blade f f`12psuch" space 'aocommodatingfthe unehopped 10 1liigure lV sa perspective yewfofi ya f u' G the attachment ofsm'y Sgt.; t

ton chopper thereto i Figure 3 is a perspectiveview 'theehopvper"Wheel{carrying frame andlshowing par# 'A ticularly guide 'bands' for embracing zthe.

Figure is apartly :broken sidieeleyational yiewzishowingftheattaohment;

l 1 lFigure 5 is a 's "de elevational' View. 'ot f an Vattachment forfthe chopperI wheel `which lmay plantsfromthesoil. il

herein the ys'amereference; characters have rying the 're'ar shovels 3 [and the Vforwardly Numeral 5f denotes'a; Ueshaperd'iframe which 'carrieshy Yattachment and' Which is adapted "to be"disposediloetweenthe lparallel rear frame lolfs"QO'f'the cultivator.

Ushape'd frame 5 receivesfthe shaft 6v portion ll throughwhich 'said shaft 6, eX- tends. i "f f Figurell shows Very elearlyfthat the felly ,or I

is 'particularly tokhe tisular f attention; f itibeing noted thatgthe Vsameie ide not only a support 'to,or in vlieu of the spokesl0 whencultivating 'toaproteot the' Referring specifically to the drawingsv f Wardly extending spaced'parallelbarscar i fhayingthefellyS supported by'lugs9 carried ofthe invention `isto fbyilspoke's 'lOise'oured to` the disk-like hub Lsa 1 cutter hladeslQV-the sai'dsliaiiksr v12m being ffadjustably secured to thearim orfelly Shy' means of nuts 13. It Voloseryedthatthe cutter blades l2 aregdisf posed-dia'gonallyso astoshe'aroff or chop "fdownsurplus plants-in a row. t l v rangement ofthevariouspartsandlincerta1ni#.Therforrnlrofthe spokes l()` deserves par-il 45 modes of operationaulof which white-read'- 'fincrease' in' Width in thedlreotionj-,of their t plants ofthe row and protecting the same., Thus, the spacing of the plants left in the row mav be yaccurately determined by the spacingV between thev spokes 10. Y

Of course, there are spokes at each side of the disk 11 and'lock 9. Y Y

, The bight portion of the attachment frame 5 carries an adjustable eye-bolt 14 to which the draft connection 14a may be attached and secured to the cultivator frame-in advance ofthe v rearwardly ext-ending parallel bars 2 thereof, as for instance to the draft bar of the cultivator. Thus, the member 14a provides a draft connect-ion for the cultivator attach-` ment, as will be manifest, and relieves the hereinafter described members of the attachment which are clamped to the. bars 2 from the draft strain, f Y

In carrying out. the .invention the bight portion of theattachment frame 5 is'p-rof vided with the lateral straps 15 bolted to the top and bottom of such bightV portion by means 0I bolts 16 and providing guide loo s v.17 at Veach. side to embrace `and receive 4t e A rearwardly extending bars 2 of the cultivator.

f .Figurea shows very clearly that each end of the bight portion of the attachment frame 5 is provided with an eye bolt 18 in 4which is buckle v20 with the rod 21 carrying the clamp member 22 which is adapted to be'bolted as at 23 to the rearside frame members 2.of the cultivator. f l

. From the foregoing description, it 'will be "manifest thata very simple, rigid, durable and satisfactory attachment is provided for cultivators; vvThe mode vof attachment will be fmanifest.v

First the attachmentV frame .will be disposed between the rearwardly eX- tending frame members 2 ofthe cultivator and the draft connection 14a connected to the cultivator.. Then the guide straps 15 will be put in place to tightly embracetherear bars 2 of the cultivator. After that the clamp element 22 will be applied to rear bars 2 of the cultivator. These clamp elements may be in the nature of U bolts lcarried by a blockV 24. Of course, thereis a clamp element 22 -at each side of the cultivator frame.

As indicated, the bolts 11a serve to attach vthe spokes l0 to the disks 11 and blocks 9.

` These self same bolts may be availed of for attaching the metal disks SOto 'each side of V'the wheel 7 ,--which disks will engagelthe '60, i `which are left standing after .the chopping process. The-disks 30, however, can be use ground at each side of a row of plants so as to protect thesame during cultivation. Obviously, the-disks 30 can be used for protecting the plants whether the blades are used or not and also whether the spokes 10 are used or not.l The spokes 10 only protect the plants to'culti'vate a row of. plants that have-already been thinned out by the chopper. .In .this latter case the .knives or; blades l2pwou1dgbe kpreferably beset diagonally of the rim portion of the Wheel. Different conditions will ydeterminethe most desirable adjustment of bjlades12. Vlien set diagonally they produce a shearing cut `which isveryv effective in chopping out vegetation. Y

,The chains 40 shown in Figures 3 and 4I: may be looped-around Athe cultivator beams shown in Figure l for the purposeof raising the chopper o the'ground when turning at the endfof a4 rowor while going to and from the field whenthe chopper is not in use. l Having thus described my inventiomwhat 1 claim as new, and vdesire to secure by Letters- Patentl is; secured the. hook rod 19vhaving thelturne 1. An lattaclnnent for cultivatorscompris ing a- V-shaped frame, a wheel journalled in 2- said frame and` comprising a disk-like hub,

.arim-,like-felly arranged about said huband radially wspaced therefrom, platelike spokes .carried by said hub, cleat members carried by saidfspokes and supporting said rim,:

diagonally disposed choppingy bladeschav- .ing shanksadjustably mounted in said rim, ysaid bladesv extending beyond the ends of said spokes, there being a gapfat a number of points in the series` of blades opposite said spokes, a draft bar detachably connected to lthe bight portion of said frame, guide straps extending laterally of the bight portion of said frame and adapted toV embrace the frame barsof a cultivator, turnbuckle rods swingably connectedv to the side portion of the frame member bight portion, and clamp members carried at the ends'of said turnbuckle rods and yadapted to embrace the side bars of the cultivator frame. 1;

2. v`An -attachmentfor cultivators comprisi. ing a V-shaped frame, a wheel journalled in said frame, a rim-like vfelly arranged about the wheel, cleat members radially spacing the yfelly from the wheel, platelike spokes cari12( rie'dvby the wheel and extending radially beyOnd the felly, diagonally disposed chopping blades adjustably. mounted on the felly between adjacent circumferentially spaced spokes, a draft bar detachably connected to bight portion of the frame, straps carried by the `frame, and embracing the implement beams of the .cultivatonand adjustable members swingably conne cting theframe and the implement beams.

3. An attacinnent for `cnltivat'ors comprisV r;-

ing a V-shaped frame,r a Wheel journalled 1in, i'

' the frame, anim-like' felly 'arrangedabout n the Wheel, kmembers spacing the fellyromyfp 'the Wheel, platelke spokescarri'ed 'by the Wheel and extending ybeyondthe telly, chop-lf ping blades mounted on the felly betvsfeen'thev circumferentially spaced spokes,` draft means I Y secured to the frame, and bracing members connecting Y the frame and the implement* i' l beams.

Y In testimony Wheeofl affixv` Y i i Louis AUGUST LAAS. f 

